Words / C2

LIT-uh-jee/ˈlɪtədʒi/

A liturgy is a prescribed form of public worship, or a set ceremonial order: the liturgy of the hours, a civic liturgy. Ritual and worship (already in the dictionary) are the close twins of a fixed procedure and of devotion. A shibboleth (already in the dictionary) is an in-group test phrase, not a service. A procession of logos is not a consent clause.

Meaning

A prescribed form of public worship; also a set, ceremonial order of acts.

Examples

• “A liturgy of logos is not a consent clause.”
• “Ritual is a fixed procedure (already in C1). Worship is devotion (already in C1). A shibboleth is an in-group password (already in C2). Ceremony after a dated form can be exact. Ceremony instead of the clause is theatre. Write the consent; then the rite.”

Good to know

A set form of worship. Everyday: service / ceremony. Close: ritual / worship (already in C1). Contrast: shibboleth (an in-group test — already in C2). Logos ≠ consent.

Near in meaning

rite, ritual, service, ceremony

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